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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas J. Callahan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Miniature Precision Components, Walworth, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 2/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 2/506 ;
Abstract
A heated PCV valve ( ) includes a valve body ( ) for metering a flow of crankcase gases therethrough. The valve body ( ) has an intermediate portion ( ) with a heating element ( ) integrally disposed therein for heating the crankcase gases.